TRANSVERSE MAP PROJECTION

A map projection with its axis in the plane of the equator.

transverse_map_projection plane map axis projection map_projection

Related Terms

DIRECTIVITY FACTOR

The ratio of radiated sound intensity at a remote point on the principal axis of a loudspeaker or other transducer, to the average intensity of the sound transmitted through a sphere passing through the remote point and concentric with the transducer; the frequency must be stated.
The ratio of the square of the voltage produced by sound waves arriving parallel to the principal axis of a microphone or other receiving transducer, to the mean square of the voltage that would be produced if sound waves having the same frequency and mean-square pressure were arriving simultaneously from all directions with random phase; the frequency must be stated.

sound square ratio point principal average sphere pressure directivity_factor frequency voltage mean parallel axis

An ammeter of only moderate accuracy in which the current to be measured passes through a small coil, distorting the field of a circular permanent magnet, and an iron vane aligns itself with the axis of the distorted field, the deflection being roughly proportional to the current.

polarized-vane_ammeter deflection ammeter current axis field accuracy vane iron

PLANE OF YAW

The plane determined by the tangent to the trajectory of a projectile in flight and the axis of the projectile.

plane_of_yaw plane axis tangent flight

PITCH AXIS

A lateral axis through an aircraft, missile, or similar body, about which the body pitches. Also known as pitching axis.

pitch_axis lateral pitching axis

PITCH ATTITUDE

The attitude of an aircraft, rocket, or other flying vehicle, referred to the relationship between the longitudinal body axis and a chosen reference line or plane as seen from the side.

pitch_attitude reference_line plane axis line longitudinal attitude

PIPEWORK SEE PIPING. PIPE WRENCH

A tool designed to grip and turn a pipe or rod about its axis in one direction only. piping

pipework_see_piping_pipe_wrench rod turn direction pipe axis tool

PERPENDICULAR AXIS THEOREM

Atheorem which states that the sum of the moments of inertia of a plane lamina about any two perpendicular axes in the plane of the lamina is equal to the moment of inertia about an axis through their intersection perpendicular to the lamina.

perpendicular_axis_theorem intersection plane lamina inertia perpendicular moment_of_inertia axis moment two

PENDULUM ANEMOMETER

A pressure-plate anemometer consisting of a plate which is free to swing about a horizontal axis in its own plane above its center of gravity; the angular deflection of the plate is a function of the wind speed; this instrument is not used for station measurements because of the false reading which results when the frequency of the wind gusts and the natural frequency of the swinging plate coincide.

pendulum_anemometer plate deflection horizontal station plane wind natural_frequency axis frequency anemometer center swing

PARALLEL AXIS THEOREM

A theorem which states that the moment of inertia of a body about any given axis is the moment of inertia about a parallel axis through the center of mass, plus the moment of inertia that the body would have about the given axis if all the mass of the body were located at the center of mass.

parallel_axis_theorem parallel inertia moment_of_inertia axis moment mass center

NYQUIST CONTOUR

A directed closed path in the complex frequency plane used in constructing a Nyquist diagram, which runs upward, parallel to the whole length of the imaginary axis at an infinitesimal distance to the right of it, and returns from jn to jn along a semicircle of infinite radius in the right half-plane.

nyquist_contour length plane parallel semicircle axis frequency infinitesimal path radius infinite right distance